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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 5h

Open for three more days! 💫

Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 6d

Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨

bansheepress.org/submit

Submit — Banshee Press

Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 2d

Wars, tariffs , paper, production costs and the battle to get our books seen means there is a crisis in publishing.

Indies do most of the heavy lifting in finding great new stories that the risk averse conglomerates shy away from.

Support Indies!

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Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 3d

Happy publication day to FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social 🐎

‘Filly is a testament to the savagery and exaltation of love’ Mary Morrissy

‘Raw and poetic, tender yet unflinching’ Louise Hegarty

‘I devoured Filly in a day’ Liz Berry

‘A perfectly formed sucker punch of a book’ Jan Carson

Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · Aug 8

Now available to pre-order: FILLY, the stunning novel in verse by award-winning poet Rosamund Taylor. Out 9 October 2025 ✨

@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social

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Filly by Rosamund Taylor — Banshee Press

248 pages Paperback 9 October 2025 ISBN: 978-1-7393979-8-2

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Rónán!

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 11d

@bansheepress.bsky.social open for book submissions from 1-15 Oct 👇

(Pl read the sub guidelines.)

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Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October — Banshee Press

Banshee Press is open for book-length submissions of fiction, poetry and memoir from 1-15 October 2025 . All submitted manuscripts will be considered for our 2027 and 2028 lists (and perhaps beyond)....

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Turnaround Books @turnarounduk.bsky.social · 6d

“Raw and poetic, tender yet unflinching.”
— Louise Hegarty

Written with Taylor's trademark earthy lyricism, Filly is an exploration of intergenerational love and trauma, and an explosion of queer joy ♥️

Out 9th October from @bansheepress.bsky.social

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 6d

Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨

bansheepress.org/submit

Submit — Banshee Press

Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!

bansheepress.org

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 11d

Can't wait for the Dublin launch of New Arcana, happening tomorrow at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social with the wonderful Seán Hewitt. Come join us 🔮✨️

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 13d

📕Lots of new releases coming in October!
Here is just a small sample (of over 150 titles)—check out our fully searchable database First Flush 📕
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/

@bansheepress.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 12d

Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October! 📚

Guidelines are at the link below. We look forward to reading your work!

bansheepress.org/read/banshee...

Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October — Banshee Press

Banshee Press is open for book-length submissions of fiction, poetry and memoir from 1-15 October 2025 . All submitted manuscripts will be considered for our 2027 and 2028 lists (and perhaps…

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 14d

New Arcana is Book of the Week over on @rte.ie Culture! ✨️🔮

With a wonderfully insightful and considered review by James Patterson. My year is made!

@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

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Book Of The Week: New Arcana by Jessica Traynor

One of the most remarkable things about Jessica Traynor's New Arcana is how successfully it manages to evoke the expansive honesty at the heart of John Berryman's 1969 masterwork The Dream Songs.

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 17d

We hope you can join us for the launch of FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on Wednesday 15 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin! It kicks off at 6pm with Banshee poetry editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social introducing Rosamund. All are welcome! ✨

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Celebrate the launch of Filly by Rosamund Taylor — Banshee Press

We hope you can join us to raise a glass to Filly , the beautiful new verse novel by acclaimed poet Rosamund Taylor, in Books Upstairs on Wednesday 15 October! Banshee poetry editor Jessica…

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 19d

Here's a little taster from New Arcana! Big thanks to @booksireland.bsky.social for featuring a reading of my poem 'and the girl inside me' 🔮✨️

Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 19d

🌟Jessica Traynor reads from her forthcoming collection New Arcana (Bloodaxe Books) over on Books Ireland today!🌟

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🔥New Arcana launches 02 October @gutterbookshop.bsky.social 🔥

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Jessica Traynor reads from her new collection, New Arcana - Books Ireland

Jessica Traynor reads from her new collection, New Arcana (Bloodaxe).

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Sonya Gildea @sonyagildea.bsky.social · 25d

I found this beauty in my letter box. Delivery by stealth and kindness.

FILLY

Extraordinary work by Rosamund Taylor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social and all @bansheepress.bsky.social ✨

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 24d

"The birthmark was small but unmissable, a heart-shaped rash-red bump placed precisely over the pulse on the right side of my neck ... I was always aware when people stared at it."

From issue 4 (spring/summer 2017) -- fiction by Niall McArdle 💕

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‘The Two of Hearts’ by Niall McArdle — Banshee Press

The birthmark was small but unmissable, a heart-shaped rash-red bump placed precisely over the pulse on the right side of my neck. ‘She has her heart in her throat,’ my mother always said. It…

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · Sep 10

FILLY by the brilliant @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social has arrived! Can't wait for this glorious novel in verse to be out in the world ✨️✨️✨️

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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · Sep 1

New @fallowmedia.bsky.social with a Marguerite Duras film script & companion essays by Daniel Fraser & myself, Lisa Robertson on Adnan, Maija Makela on Notley, Owen Hatherley, Stephen Sexton, Lalla Romano, JC Vaughan, Maria Sledmere, Devki Panchmatia & Russell Persson fallowmedia.com/shop/fallow-02

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · Sep 1

I know I'm banging on.

But we have to because we're a small press and need this limelight to let readers know about our books.

From Hebden to Hollywood via Dublin.

As Rónán said. 'It's like throwing a dart from Dublin and hitting the bullseye in New York.'

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Julia Roberts to narrate new BBC series Leonard and Hungry Paul

The feel-good series follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties who meander through leafy suburban life finding solace in their quiet routines

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · Aug 30

'When a honeybee bumps against glass,
and silences noise your room,
when masonry settles
and a knock at the door is harm ...'

'When You Unravel' by @eleanorhooker.bsky.social – poetry from issue 9 (autumn/winter 2019) 🧵

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‘When You Unravel’ by Eleanor Hooker — Banshee Press

When a honeybee bumps against glass, and silences noise your room, when masonry settles and a knock at the door is harm, when your fingertips bleed and you cannot let go, when your boat arrives…

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · Aug 21

A little unboxing video of my new collection New Arcana from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social with a big shout out to @lisasterle.bsky.social for her amazing cover art. 🔮🃏✨️

Launch info coming soon!

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · Aug 22

Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October. More details to follow soon. Ready your manuscripts! 📝

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Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October — Banshee Press

Banshee Press will be accepting book-length submissions of fiction, poetry and memoir from 1-15 October 2025 . All submitted manuscripts will be considered for our 2027 and 2028 lists (and perhaps…

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Team Love Records @teamloverecords.bsky.social · Aug 15

Let’s Sign Science by @bebeashley.bsky.social
from Harbour Doubts ( @bansheepress.bsky.social )

poem, Let’s Sign Science, by Bebe Ashley, from Harbour Doubts; Banshee Press (2025)

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · Aug 14

'There is a halo of yellow far off, where green meets the zone of habitation. Boughs and branches move, leaves seethe and shiver. The night has its mouths.'

From issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- fiction by David Hayden 🌔

@seventydys.bsky.social

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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · Aug 14

My story ‘Taints’ published last year in @bansheepress.bsky.social is now available to read online. bansheepress.org/read/taints-...

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'Taints' by David Hayden
Night is one star exchanged for many stars.
There is no escaping the motion of our home towards imperfect darkness. I hid in a storm drain in the park until closing time, escaping from what I might find of myself in the sight

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · Aug 13

Final two published poems from New Arcana before the book comes out next month! With big thanks to @poetrywales.bsky.social for featuring them.
🃏🐍😈
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